Ministry of Development of North-East Region
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVOLOPEMENT IN NORTH EASTERN STATES
The Government has been implementing various infrastructure development projects in the North Eastern States during the last 5 years. These relate to improving air, rail, road, waterway, power and telecom connectivity. The details are given below.
- Air connectivity: Total 28 projects have been completed from 2016-17 to 2021-22 with the approved cost Rs. 975.58 crore and completion cost of Rs. 979.07 crore. There are 15 ongoing projects amounting to Rs. 2,212.30 crore and these projects are likely to be completed by March 2023.
- Rail connectivity: Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise, and may span across State boundaries. As on 01.04.2021, 20 projects costing Rs.74,485 crore for 2,011 km length falling fully/ partly in North Eastern Region are under different stages of planning/ approval/ execution, out of which 321 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.26,874 crore incurred upto March 2021. These include:14 New Line Projects covering a length of 1,181 km at a cost of Rs.56,553 crore, out of which 253 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.23,994 crore incurred upto March 2021; Six Doubling/Multi-tracking Projects covering a length of 830 km at a cost of Rs.17,932 crore, out of which 68 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.2,880 crore incurred upto March 2021. The details of completed projects during the last 5 years is given at Annexure-I.
- Road connectivity: A total of 4016.22 km costing Rs.58,385 crore are ongoing in NER. These projects were undertaken during the last 5 years. The completed projects in NER cover a length of 3099.50 km at a cost of Rs.15,570.44 crore. The details of ongoing and completed road projects are given in Annexure-II. The ongoing projects are likely to be completed by May 2024.
- Power connectivity: Government, through various flagship schemes, such as Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana  and Integrated Power Development Scheme  for strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure including rural electrification, ‘North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project’  for six States  for strengthening of the Intra-State Transmission and Distribution System  and Comprehensive Scheme for Strengthening of Transmission & Distribution Systems in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim etc. is improving the power connectivity in NER. Saubhagya scheme was launched in October, 2017 with the objective to achieve universal household electrification for providing electricity connections to all un-electrified households in rural areas and all poor households in urban areas in the country. Under Saubhagya scheme, as on 31.03.2021, 26,14,659 households have been electrified since launch of the scheme in NER.
- Telecom connectivity: Bharat Net project is implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats  in the country, including NER. The scope of the project has been recently extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs. The timeline for Bharat Net project is August, 2023. The funds disbursed for NER under this scheme are Rs. 640.01 crore during last 5 years.
Under the Scheme for provision of mobile services in uncovered villages in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh  of NER and seamless coverage along National Highway, the installation work of the feasible sites has been completed. The funds disbursed under this scheme are Rs. 633.88 crore during last 5 years.
The Scheme for provision of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages of Meghalaya and seamless coverage along National Highway, has project timeline as June 2022. Funds are yet to be disbursed under this scheme.
Scheme for provision of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages of Arunachal Pradesh and 2 Districts of Assam , has project timeline as April 2023.Funds are yet to be disbursed under this scheme.
- Waterway connectivity: River Brahmaputra from Dhubri  to Sadiya  was declared as National Waterway-2  in 1988. The waterway is being developed with fairway of required depth and width, day and night navigation aids and terminals. The facilities created and planned as per approved Standing Finance Committee  recommendation of NW-2 is at a cost of Rs. 461 crore during 5 years . River Barak was declared as National Waterway-16  in the year 2016. It connects Silchar, Karimganj and Badarpur in Cachar valley of Assam with Haldia and Kolkata ports through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol  Route. The facilities created and planned as per approval of Standing Finance Committee of NW-16 and Indo-Bangladesh Protocol  route is at a cost of Rs.145 crore during 5 years .
In addition, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  is implementing various schemes viz. Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources-State  Scheme; North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme ; Special Package for Assam [Bodoland Territorial Council ; Dima Hasao Autonomous Territorial Council  and KarbiAnglong Autonomous Territorial Council ]; Hill Area Development Programme ; Social and Infrastructure Development Fund  for development of the North Eastern Region. The details of projects sanctioned and projects completed during the last five years under these schemes, and funds released against these projects are given in Annexure-III. Under Asian Development Bank-assisted North-Eastern States Road Investment Project , a total 411.78 km of road have been completed and Rs.1739.24 crore have been released. 20.3 km of road is under progress. Besides, under the schemes of NEC, during 2016-17 to 2020-21, 215 infrastructure projects costing Rs. 1,267.48 crore have been sanctioned. Out of these, 15 projects costing Rs.93.83 crore have been completed and 200 projects costing Rs.1,173.65 crore are at various stages of implementation.
Annexures to Part  and  of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 975 dated 10.02.2022 regarding Infrastructure development in North Eastern States
Annexure- I
Details of completed Railway projects in last five years falling fully/ partly in North Eastern States
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Name of project
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Length

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Anticipated cost

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NEW LINES
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1
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Bogibeel with linking lines between Dibrugarh, North and South Bank line.
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73.00
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5920.00
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2
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Agartala – Sabroom
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112.00
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3904.61
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3
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New Maynaguri – Jogighopa New line project
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284.75
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4541.38
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GAUGE CONVERSION
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1
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Lumding - Silchar including Migrendisa - Dittockchera , Extension from Badarpur - Bairagram  and new Material Modification for Gauge Conversion of Bairagram - Dulavchera with bypass at Karimganj  and Karimganj - Maishasan 
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420.90
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8359.20
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DOUBLING
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1
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Hojai - Lumding Patch Doubling project
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44.92
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398.93
ANNEXURE-II
Details of ongoing Roadway projects under Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
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Sl No.
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State
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Number of Projects
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Length in km
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Cost 
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1
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Arunachal Pradesh
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34
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749.42
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8973.11
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2
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Assam
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29
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418.53
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10527.12
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3
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Manipur
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33
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628.20
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7833.592
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4
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Meghalaya
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18
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237.46
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3193.41
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5
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Mizoram
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23
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599.87
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10616.58
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6
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Nagaland
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39
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803.55
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9205.96
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7
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Sikkim
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17
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197.44
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3963.918
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8
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Tripura
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20
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382.02
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4071.31
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Total
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213
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4016.48
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58,385
The details of completed roadways projects in last 5 years are given below:-
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State
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No. of completed projects in last 5 years
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Length in km
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Amount 
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Assam
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83
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1237.61
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3274.72
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Arunachal Pradesh
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23
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534.086
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5011.12
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Manipur
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18
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283.525
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1362.56
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Nagaland
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38
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360.497
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2575.46
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Mizoram
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36
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253.86
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651.19
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Nagaland
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26
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264.7
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1086.14
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Sikkim
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6
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107.36
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1276.75
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Tripura
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7
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57.86
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332.5
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Total
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237
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3099.50
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15570.44
ANNEXURE-III
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Projects Sanctioned between 01/04/2016 - 07/02/2022
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S. No.
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Scheme
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Sanctioned projects
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Completed projects
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Funds released
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Number of projects
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Cost
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Number of projects
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Cost
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1.
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NLCPR-State
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76
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1878.37
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8
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81.69
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1162.11
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2.
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NESIDS
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110
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2563.14
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0
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0
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1464.32
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3.
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Special Packages of Assam 
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26
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324.02
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0
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0
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211.18
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4.
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HADP
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41
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90
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6
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7.67
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58.26
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5.
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SIDF
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14
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213.4
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4
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76.61
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202.4
This information was given by The Minister for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.